On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 08:14:35PM +0200, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > > # yum install mplayer.i386 > > file /usr/bin/mplayer from mplayer.i386 conflicts with file /usr/bin/mplayer from installed mplayer.x86_64 > > <rant> > > # yum remove mplayer > > mplayer is needed by ... > > <rant, rant, rant> > > # rpm -e --nodeps mplayer > > # yum install mplayer.i386 > > <wait, wait, wait> > > # mplayer foo > > <hm, mplayer.i386 cannot play it either, or I just want my x86_64 version back> > > # yum install mplayer.x86_64 > > file /usr/bin/mplayer from mplayer.x86_64 conflicts with file /usr/bin/mplayer from installed mplayer.i386 > > <argh, slamming keyboard against the display> > > # rpm -e --nodeps mplayer.x86_64; yum install mplayer > > Sorry, you are offline, please try later > > <throwing the laptop off the plane> > > Currently it's no better. But we're trying to improve things, and while now using mplayer.i386 is not defined at all in the "unwritten multilib specification for FC2-F7", if you do say that with the bin sub-sub-packaging method it does work you hit the above usability problem. > Assume we have 64bit mplayer installed. > $ mplayer foo > doesn't work, needs 32bit binary blob codecs > # yum install mplayer.i386 > $ mplayer foo > still doesn't work! aargh, why? oh, wait, rpm just ignored the 32bit binary > even though there's a file conflict! > <throwing laptop off the plane> Yes, the current and proposed bin sub-subpackaging solutions both make you throw the laptop out of the window, so let's go for a solution where the laptop stays on board, e.g. bin64. > > The better solution: > > > > # yum install mplayer.i386 > > # goi386 mplayer foo > > <hm, mplayer.i386 cannot play it either, or I just want my x86_64 version back> > > s,goi386,chroot /emul, > > and we have Gentoo or Debian's pure64 solution. It's not a better solution, > it's a different solution. Heck, it solves a different problem! How is it different? They want to run i386 on x86_64 and have a clean separation. > > <OK, that was smooth, now I have time for solving the world hunger problem> > > You don't need bin64 for that. I agree, it was a joke. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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